Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-27
State News.
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ooutn Leeds, last Sunday. As they were
geing down hill on the Thomas road. the
harness broke and the wagon was overturned
badly bruising the occupants.
The new fire engine at Lisbon Falis /. a
success, throwing q stream 1873 feet 6 inche.
the nrst trial, With only thirty men on the
ofakes-The town committee on water work.
have completed one reservoir in front of the
engine hall, and have one under way on Oak
street-The High school building presents a
nne appearance With its new improvements.
The Ladies' Aid Society gave an entertain
ment and bazaar at Music Hall, TUESDAY,
evening, consisting of tableaux, the papto
mime The Two Lovers" music BY the or
cnestra ana singing The net proceeds of the
evening were S45.72.
The Memorial Day orator at Livermore
ais, Kew j. X. Richardson of Boston, for
merry sergeant and sergeant major in the
z3d Maine, and afterwards LIST lieutenant
ana orevet major IL the 30th Maine; twice
wounded and twice brevetted for distinguished
caiiantry on the field of battle, will make his
nrst appearance in Maine as an orator, hav.
ing always before spoken in Vermont and
For some wears he was pas
tor of one Of the strongest churches in Yer.
mont.
CUMBERLAND.
One day last week, boy, the son of Reu
ben Mosher of Naples, was fooling with
revolver, which he supposed 10 be unloaded.
" hen he pointed it at his aunt, Mrs Shaw.
who was in the room, playfully calling out,
I'm going to shoot you, aunt" and pulling
tue trigger, the weapon was discharged. the
bullet entering her arm near the shoulder
The surgeon, who was Called probed the
wound to depth of five inches, but failed to
locate the bullet.-Will Decker of Naples
had narrow escape from death the other
day. He was blowing with pair of horses,
and stepped between them to adjust the har-
ness, when from some cause the horses took
right and ran. throwing him to the ground,
when the pillow point caught in his clothes at
the back and dragged him 10 or ~ rods over
the rough ground. No bones were broken,
but he was very much shaken up.
HANCOCK.
The Ellsworth American says: We under
stand that three men. a father and two sons
by the name of Giles, at the Falls village.
have for considerable length of time shown
unmistakable signs of arsenic poisoning An
analysis of some of the food they have been
eating shows the presence of arsenic. 1t is
given as probable theory that the poison
was Paris green which came from potatoes.
The three men lived together during part
of the winter and spring and did their own
cooking. They are now quite i'll.
KNOX.
Everything looks prosperous about Warren.
shoe shop is turning out about l-2 tons of
shoes each day the powder mill is busy with
new buildings and extensive repairs; our
The wooden mill is running on full time; the
are busy and good men scarce; and
last but not least the native alewive is here
in abundance 10000 being taken Thursday
and Friday last.
Friday j. B. Loring of Rockland, launched
the new sloop yacht which he has been
building for Capt. Douglass of Bar Harbor.
The yacht is of very handsome model, 80
feet over all, depth 5 feet, 2 inches. She
has roomy cabin. The cock pit is finished
in cypress and white wood. The boat is we'll
built and cost $ll00. She carries 525 Yards
of canvas.
Railroad Commissioners Mortland and
Anderson have finished their seMi-annual ex-
animation of the Knox G. Lincoln road, and
report its condition as excellent. The bridge
at Thomaston, about which there has been
some very foolish talk, was found in fine
shape, all the joints being up square, and no
decay or evidence of decay. The commits
sioners are now up Sandy River way. Com
Wilds is very ill at his home in
Skowhegan.
Bids were opened at the navy department
Washington, Saturday, for the erection of a
naval hospital and wharf at Widows Island
The lowest bidder for building the hospital
was w. II. Glover & Co., Of Rockland, and
for the wharf, DR.. Francis f. Hitchcock al so
of Rockland. The contracts have not yet
been awarded, but in all probability the
Rockland men will get them. Work must be
within one week from the time
of the awarding of the contracts. This is
good sized lump of fortune for Rockland and
vicinity.
LINCOLN.
The largest brick building in Waldoboro
known as the Fish block. was sold by auction
Saturday. to E. o. Clark and George Bills,
for Sl2,729.
SOMERSET.
The Somerset Reporter SAYS that building
operations in Skowhegan village are not UT
to last year. There is considerable repairing
and painting going on, but there are no large
buildings under way. At this time last year
the prospect was no better than now for gen.
eral DullulnK except TWO large Stdnus OF OulI0
ings, but later in the season the erection OF
common sized dwelling houses began and
thirty were completed before the season
closed. This business is necessarily delayed
until the logs get DOWN so that frames can be
sawed to order.
There are 1905 legal scholars in Skowhe.
gan, two more than last year. The village
portion of the town shows AL increase of
about 40 and the country part a correspond
ing diminution. This number indicates up.
ward of 5000 inhabitants in town.
Darius Houghton, the Skowhegan genius,
who invented something new in arc electric
lighting about a year and half ago has been
begging away at his electric idea ever since,
and has just got his light perfected. One
night recently, for the first time his electric.
iry was running at the Skowheg,n electric
hight station for private illumination. His
lamp is only Is inches long from the bottom
of the globe. A Skowhega syndicate own
the light and they are confident there are
millions in it. One New York man, it i:
said, made an offer of $50, 900 for one-thrd
interest, a short time ago, but his offer was
refused. The inventor has spent a large
amount of money and considerable time de
veloping this scheme. and the men who own
it think they have got the biggest electric
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